Increased DNA methylation in the suicide brain

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-438

  Haghighi, Fatemeh ^a,b,c   Xin, Yurong ^c   Chanrion, Benjamin ^c   O'Donnell, Anne H ^c   Ge, Yongchao ^b   Dwork, Andrew J ^c   Arango, Victoria ^c   Mann, J John ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Mood disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911458450     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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